Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Philip A. Starr, MD
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Philip Starr is an expert in the field of Neurosurgery. He went to Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is a top medical college. Harvard Medical School has a rank of 1 in research and a 12 in primary care He received 2 awards: "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Philip A. Starr, MD has written publications. He has 100 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Magnetic resonance imaging-based stereotactic localization of the globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Elevated synchrony in Parkinson Disease detected with electroencephalography.
- Patterns of Cortical Synchronization in Isolated Dystonia Compared With Parkinson Disease.
- Differential effects of deep Brain stimulation target on motor subtypes in Parkinson's disease.
- Interventional magnetic resonance imaging-guided cell transplantation into the Brain with radially branched deployment.
- Combining cell transplants or gene therapy with deep Brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
- Dr. Roy Bakay and the Modern Era of Neurosurgical Mentorship.
- Effect of subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation on dual-task cognitive and motor performance in isolated dystonia.
- Effect of frequency on subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation in primary dystonia.
- Chronic cortical and electromyographic recordings from a fully implantable device: preclinical experience in a nonhuman primate.
- Neuromodulation for dystonia: target and patient selection.
- Three-Dimensional Accuracy of ECOG Strip Electrode Localization Using Coregistration of Preoperative MRI and Intraoperative Fluoroscopy.
- Predictive factors of outcome in primary cervical dystonia following pallidal deep Brain stimulation.
- Commentary on Little et al., Adaptive deep Brain stimulation in advanced Parkinson's disease.
- Subthalamic nucleus neurons are synchronized to primary motor cortex local field potentials in Parkinson's Disease.
- Exaggerated phase-amplitude coupling in the primary motor cortex in Parkinson Disease.
- Radially Branched Deployment for More Efficient Cell Transplantation at the Scale of the Human Brain.
- Clinical outcomes of PD patients having bilateral STN DBS using high-field interventional MR-imaging for lead placement.
- Weight Change after Globus Pallidus Internus or Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia.
- Shorter Disease Duration Correlates With Improved Long-term Deep Brain Stimulation Outcomes in Young-Onset DYT1 Dystonia.
- Paroxysmal sneezing after hypothalamic deep Brain stimulation for cluster headache.
- Long-Term Evaluation of a Phase 1 Study of AADC Gene Therapy for Parkinson's Disease.
- Deep Brain stimulation for other tremors, myoclonus, and chorea.
- The homeless and the public household.
- The framework of health care reform.
- Long-term persistence of defective HSV-1 vectors in the rat Brain is demonstrated by reactivation of vector gene expression.
- Pituitary apoplexy following cardiopulmonary bypass: considerations for a staged cardiac and neurosurgical procedure.
- Surgery of the Soul's cistern.
- Effects of calcitonin gene-related peptide and efferent Nerve stimulation on afferent transmission in the lateral line organ.
- Porcine xenografts in Parkinson's Disease and Huntington's Disease patients: preliminary results.
- Factors predicting protracted improvement after pallidal DBS for primary dystonia: the role of age and Disease duration.
- Clinical problem solving: finding the target.
- Posterior ventral pallidotomy: techniques and theoretical considerations.
- A high-resolution fast spin-echo inversion-recovery sequence for preoperative localization of the internal globus pallidus.
- Comparison of MPTP-induced changes in spontaneous neuronal Discharge in the internal pallidal segment and in the substantia nigra pars reticulata in primates.
- Pre- and postoperative MR evaluation of stereotactic pallidotomy.
- Intranigral transplantation of fetal substantia nigra allograft in the hemiparkinsonian rhesus monkey.
- Deep Brain stimulation for movement disorders.
- Deep Brain stimulation for advanced Parkinson's disease.
- Subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation in primary cervical dystonia.
- Results from a phase I safety trial of hAADC gene therapy for Parkinson Disease.
- Safety and tolerability of putaminal AADC gene therapy for Parkinson Disease.
- Ablative surgery and deep Brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
- Microelectrode-guided pallidotomy: technical approach and its application in medically intractable Parkinson's Disease.
- Magnetic resonance imaging-based stereotactic localization of the globus pallidus and subthalamic nucleus.
- Electrophysiological localization of the substantia nigra in the parkinsonian nonhuman primate.
- Physiological identification of the human pedunculopontine nucleus.
- Multiple target deep Brain stimulation for multiple sclerosis related and poststroke Holmes'' tremor.
- Effects of unilateral subthalamic and pallidal deep Brain stimulation on fine motor functions in Parkinson's disease.
- Neuropsychological performance following staged bilateral pallidal or subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulation for Parkinson''s disease.
- Oscillations in sensorimotor cortex in movement disorders: an electrocorticography study.
- Deep Brain stimulation in children: experience and technical pearls.
- An Optimized System for Interventional MRI Guided Stereotactic Surgery: Preliminary Evaluation of Targeting Accuracy.
- Intraoperative neurophysiology in DBS for dystonia.
- Stereotactic techniques and perioperative management of DBS in dystonia.
- Novel Platform for MRI-Guided Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Therapeutics: Preclinical Validation in Nonhuman Primate Brain.
- Interventional MRI-guided Putaminal Delivery of AAV2-GDNF for a Planned Clinical Trial in Parkinson's Disease.
- Incidence and management of venous air embolisms during awake deep Brain stimulation surgery in a large clinical series.
- Intraoperative computed tomography for deep Brain stimulation surgery: technique and accuracy assessment.
- Human/nonhuman primate AC-PC ratio--considerations for translational Brain measurements.
- Long-term follow-up of pallidal deep Brain stimulation in two cases of Huntington''s disease.
- Gene delivery of AAV2-neurturin for Parkinson''s Disease: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial.
- Qualitative imaging of adeno-associated virus serotype 2-human aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase gene therapy in a phase I study for the treatment of Parkinson Disease.
- Pallidal neuronal discharge in Parkinson''s Disease following intraputamenal fetal mesencephalic allograft.
- Bursts and oscillations as independent properties of neural activity in the parkinsonian globus pallidus internus.
- Long-term benefit sustained after bilateral pallidal deep Brain stimulation in patients with refractory tardive dystonia.
- Pallidal versus subthalamic deep-Brain stimulation for Parkinson''s disease.
- Spinal deformity and Parkinson Disease: a treatment algorithm.
- Pedunculopontine nucleus deep Brain stimulation in a patient with primary progressive freezing gait disorder.
- The subthalamic nucleus in primary dystonia: single-unit Discharge characteristics.
- Subthalamic nucleus deep Brain stimulator placement using high-field interventional magnetic resonance imaging and a skull-mounted aiming device: technique and applica...
- Surgical repositioning of misplaced subthalamic electrodes in Parkinson''s Disease: location of effective and ineffective leads.
- Implantation of deep Brain stimulator electrodes using interventional MRI.
- Software requirements for interventional MR in restorative and functional neurosurgery.
- Deep Brain stimulation for medically intractable cluster headache.
- Microelectrode recording in the posterior hypothalamic region in humans.
- Induction of bradykinesia with pallidal deep Brain stimulation in patients with cranial-cervical dystonia.
- Interventional magnetic resonance guidance of deep Brain stimulator implantation for Parkinson disease.
- Single unit "pauser" characteristics of the globus pallidus pars externa distinguish primary dystonia from secondary dystonia and Parkinson's Disease.
- The neurophysiology and effect of deep Brain stimulation in a patient with 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-induced parkinsonism.
- Thalamic deep Brain stimulation for essential tremor: relation of lead location to outcome.
- DBS and dopamine. Comment on "Does dopamine still have a leading role in advanced Parkinson''s Disease after subthalamic stimulation?" (Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2008...
- Treatment of dystonia with deep Brain stimulation.
- Safety and tolerability of intraputaminal delivery of CERE-120 (adeno-associated virus serotype 2-neurturin) to patients with idiopathic Parkinson''s Disease: an open-...
- Minimally invasive precision Brain access using prospective stereotaxy and a trajectory guide.
- Deep Brain stimulator hardware-related infections: incidence and management in a large series.
- Pallidal neuronal discharge in Huntington's Disease: support for selective loss of striatal cells originating the indirect pathway.
- Magnetic resonance imaging of implanted deep Brain stimulators: experience in a large series.
- Neuronal responses to passive movement in the globus pallidus internus in primary dystonia.
- Pallidal deep Brain stimulation in patients with cranial-cervical dystonia (Meige syndrome).
- First case of X-linked dystonia-parkinsonism ("Lubag") to demonstrate a response to bilateral pallidal stimulation.
- Chronic stimulation of the posterior hypothalamic region for cluster headache: technique and 1-year results in four patients.
- Surgery for Parkinson's Disease: integration of neurology and neurosurgery.
- Microelectrode-guided implantation of deep Brain stimulators into the globus pallidus internus for dystonia: techniques, electrode locations, and outcomes.
- Frameless stereotaxy using bone fiducial markers for deep Brain stimulation.
- Placement of deep Brain stimulator electrodes using real-time high-field interventional magnetic resonance imaging.
- Risk factors for hemorrhage during microelectrode-guided deep Brain stimulator implantation for movement disorders.
- Spontaneous pallidal neuronal activity in human dystonia: comparison with Parkinson''s Disease and normal macaque.
- Electrocorticography reveals beta desynchronization in the basal ganglia-cortical loop during rest tremor in Parkinson's Disease.
- Subthalamic local field potentials in Parkinson's Disease and isolated dystonia: An evaluation of potential biomarkers.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Children39s Hospital
Emory University School Of Med
Procedures Preformed
- Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Craniectomy, Craniotomy, Surgery of Skull Base, Neuroendoscopy
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Lamina Procedures (incl. Laminectomy, Laminoplasty, Laminotomy)
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Conditions Treated
- Brain Aneurysm
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Degenerative Disc Disease
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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Emory University -
Boston Children's Hospital -
Brigham and Women's Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
San Francisco VA Medical Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1669439246 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | STARR | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | PHILIP | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941432202 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 45.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 1.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 13.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 28.89 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1669439246 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | STARR |
| First Name Of The Provider | PHILIP |
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